Posted
by
timothy
on Friday April 17, 2009 @12:30AM
from the delicious-candy dept.

Mohamed Zaian writes "The Ubuntu team has released the release candidate for Ubuntu 9.04; 'The Ubuntu team is happy to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. This is their latest result, the Ubuntu 9.04 release candidate, which brings a host of excellent new features.' The various other Ubuntu-derived distributions, like Kubuntu, have also had their RCs released."

It's only a matter of opinion, I still think the default look isn't too bad at all... however I may be the only one. While I think the look is ok, they _have_ had the same look for quite some time now. Last time I checked they seemed to be saying that a new look would be coming with 9.10... but I think they said the same thing for the last three releases.

no matter what the ubuntu devs choose for the default theme, someone is going to be unhappy and that is why we have whole domains devoted to hosting various shiny things to put on your *nix box to customize to your liking.

Most of the benefit of upgrading to a new release for me is getting the next versions of all the application that Ubuntu choses to bundle with each version, and this is usually ignored when people talk about changes to the release.

Specifically, I'd like a site to talk about the following common applications, including what version is included in the new release as well as the changes I can expect to see from the last Ubuntu release:

1. Amarok2. Pidgin3. Digikam4. GIMP5. Firefox6. OpenOffice7. Deluge

Obviously, this is a list of applications that I personally like, so a more exhaustive list is probably quite desirable.

Nobody I know uses the Ubuntu Eclipse package anyway. Just unpack Eclipse from eclipse.org somewhere and make a launcher for it. I also prefer to use the real JDK rather than OpenJDK, at least as long as OpenJDK has Swing bugs.

You can check the changelog of every own project/application if you're looking for specific features. I doubt they would compile an all-inclusive list like that. Besides I doubt you would even read it if they did, considering the size.

Instant security updates are a pretty good thing, if ksplice is as good as it sounds, it won't take long for distros to integrate it into their update system. It's not limited to the kernel either so webservers can also be instantly patched with no downtime.